WS Lecture Series

Distinguished Lectures on

Women, Sex, and Gender

  All lectures are free and open to the public. They are also a part of WS 2400, a General Education course in the Historical/Social Perspective, “Individual & Society” Theme

Schedule of Lectures Fall 2009
Thursdays 5:00-6:15pm in 114 Belk Library

Series organizer: Prof. Martha McCaughey

Thu Aug 27:

  • Dr. Maggie McFadden, Women’s Studies/History, "Women's Equality Day (Aug. 26, 1920) and Emily Greene Balch, 1946 Nobel Peace Prize Winner"

Thu Sep 3:

  • Dr. Trina Seitz, Sociology/Women’s Studies, “Gender Parity and the Execution of Rosanna Lightner Phillips”

Thu Sep 10 Convocation- no lecture

Thu Sep 17:

  • Kit Gruelle, Independent Filmmaker and Community Educator, “Private Violence”

Thu Sep 24:

  • Jessica Pack, Biology, “Feminism and Toxicology: What’s the Link?”

Thu Oct 1:

  • Jennifer Cohen-Jordan, Women's Studies/Appalachian Studies, "Feminism, Gender, and the Women of Mountaintop-Removal Activism in Appalachia"

Th Oct 8:

  • Dr. Elaine O'Quinn, English/Women's Studies, "Not the Girl I Used to Be: (Re)Evaluating and (Re)Imagining the Lives of Girls"

Thu Oct 15 University Break- no lecture

Thu Oct 22:

  • Dr. Joan Weston, African-American Studies/Sociology at Ohio University, "Crazy and Obsessed: Beyonce Knowles and the Walmart Experience."

Thu Oct 29:

  • Dr. David Orvis, English/Women’s Studies, “AIDS in the Age of Obama”

Thu Nov 5:

  • Dr. Michael Wilson, English/Women’s Studies, and Dr. Bud Gerber, Watuaga College, “‘Hooking Up’ Culture in College”

Thu Nov 12:

  • Dr. Kristan Cockerill, University College/Sustainable Development, “Exploring the Margins: Women and Science”

Thu Nov 19:

  • Kathy Parham, Director of The Children’s Playhouse, “Work and Play: Creating Community in a Non-Profit Children's Museum”